Managing BIG-IP Licensing With BIG-IQ
If the article title doesn't have you excited, I don't know what else to do. You know BIG-IQ centralizes management and analytics of BIG-IP and Per-App Virtual Editions across your enterprise. Were you aware that BIG-IQ can run as a License Manager to simplify more complicated subscription and license pool requirements... for free? Subscriptions, RegKey Pools, offline licensing, and all the other customer requirements made licensing a quagmire that BIG-IQ License Manager can help solve. Below you will find several resources to assist configuring BIG-IQ as a License Manager or just simply manage a few licenses. Configuring BIG-IQ as a License Manager This video provides a walk through demonstration of setting up BIG-IQ as a License Manager. If you already have BIG-IQ running as a Configuration Manager, you already have this working. I recommend watching this on Youtube directly. How to Manage Licenses Within BIG-IQ This video provides a detailed walkthrough example of how to manage subscription licenses within BIG-IQ. I recommend watching this on Youtube directly. Further Resources: BIG-IQ Centralized Management: BIG-IP VE Subscriptions - The document you want when configuring BIG-IQ as License Manager or how to manage licenses within BIG-IQ. AskF5 K77706009: Using BIG-IQ License Manager to remotely manage BIG-IP Virtual Edition licenses
License upgrade on HA active/standby BIG-IP 2000
Hi, We're planning to add F5-ADD-BIG-2200S on an Active/Standby BIG-IP 2000 device-group as below: Forcing the 2nd unit (Standby) to Offline Activating the license on the 2nd unit (current Offline-standby unit) Rebooting the 2nd unit (current Offline-standby unit) Releasing Offline on the 2nd unit (current Offline-standby unit) Failover the traffic by forcing offline on the 1st unity (current Active unit) Activating the license on the 1st unit (current Offline-standby unit) Rebooting the 1st unit (current Offline-standby unit) Releasing Offline on the 1st unit (current Offline-standby unit) Force Standby on 2nd node (current Active unit) I would like to know if the plan is OK and we should expect any traffic interruptions. Thank you!
